Matthew 21:3

Matthew 21:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.
• New International Version (NIV)If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord needs them,' and he will send them at once."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of them,’ and immediately he will send them.”

Context of Matthew 21:3

1When they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage at the Mount of Olives, Jesus then sent two disciples, 2telling them, “Go into the village ahead of you. At once you will find a donkey tied there with her colt. Untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them at once.” 4This took place so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled: 5Tell Daughter Zion, “See, your King is coming to you, gentle, and mounted on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”

Matthew 21:3 word by word

καὶ ἐάν τις ὑμῖν εἴπῃ τι, ἐρεῖτε ὅτι ὁ κύριος αὐτῶν χρείαν ἔχει, εὐθὺς δὲ ἀποστελεῖ αὐτούς.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• ifἐάνean · ifG1437
• anyτιςtis · oneG5100
• sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto youσύsu · youG4771
• ye shall sayἐρῶereō · to sayG2046
• ·ὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• The Lordὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• The Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• hathἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• needχρείαchreia · needG5532
• of themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• andδέde · thenG1161
• straightwayεὐθέωςeutheōs · immediatelyG2112
• he will sendἀποστέλλωapostellō · to sendG649

Cross-references for Matthew 21:3

• 1 Chronicles 29:14But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your own hand.
• Psalms 24:1The earth and everything in it, the world and its inhabitants, belong to the Lord;
• Psalms 50:10for every animal of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.
• Haggai 2:8“The silver and gold belong to me” — this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.
• John 3:35The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hands.
• John 17:2since you gave him authority over all people, so that he may give eternal life to everyone you have given him.
• Acts 17:25Neither is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives everyone life and breath and all things.
• 2 Corinthians 8:9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ: Though he was rich, for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.
• 1 Samuel 10:26Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and brave men whose hearts God had touched went with him.
• 1 Kings 17:9“Get up, go to Zarephath that belongs to Sidon and stay there. Look, I have commanded a woman who is a widow to provide for you there.”
• Ezra 1:1In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken through Jeremiah, the Lord roused the spirit of King Cyrus to issue a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom and to put it in writing:
• Ezra 7:27Blessed be the Lord, the God of our ancestors, who has put it into the king’s mind to glorify the house of the Lord in Jerusalem,
• 2 Corinthians 8:1We want you to know, brothers and sisters, about the grace of God that was given to the churches of Macedonia:
• James 1:17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

Commentaries on Matthew 21:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3The Lord (the proprietor of all things) hath need of them - Jesus is continually humbling himself, to show us how odious pride is in the sight of God: but in his humility he is ever giving proofs of his almighty power, that the belief of his divinity may be established.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3The Lord hath need of them - This means no more than the “master” has need of them. The word “Lord” often means no more than “master” as opposed to servant, Matthew 10:24; Ephesians 6:5; 1 Peter 3:5-6. The word is sometimes used in the Bible as applied to God, or as a translation of the name Yahweh. Its common use is a mere title of respect given by an inferior to a superior, by a servant to a master, by a disciple to a teacher. As a title of “high…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Jesus was revealing himself as the Lord who, as king of Israel, goes up to Mount Zion on a donkey (Matthew 21:5; see Zechariah 9:9).Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 21:3

• Jesus, the Christ

In the dictionaries

• Authority
• Daughter
• Grind
• Loose
• Move
• Presently
• Reverence
• Seat
• Thief
• Jesus Christ

Commentaries on Matthew 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings